ARUN SHOURIE

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an FIR against former disinvestment secretary Pradip Baijal for allegedly selling off a hotel in Udaipur worth Rs 150 crore for Rs 7 crore.
The case dates back to 20012002 when Baijal was the disinvestment secretary during Arun Shourie's tenure...

Kolkata: Stressing that India is lagging behind in defending itself in cyber warfare, senior BJP leader and former union minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said India must firewall all its strategic establishments.
"The sad part is that the government's initiative to firewall important establishments is still lingering where it was ten...

New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie has said that one can expect major agriculture reforms from the Narendra Modi government. In an exclusive interview to CNBCTV18, Shourie talked about what he expects from Modi's government in the field of economy.
He said that Modi government has to put...

Mumbai: If bureaucrats are to implement the policies of the government, they would do so very efficiently if there is a prime minister who can "whip ministers and secretaries into doing their work", former Union Minister Arun Shourie said.
"If you really want bureaucrats to implement policies, they will very efficiently...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda is all set to take over as the party chief with Rajnath Singh making his way into the Narendra Modi Cabinet.
A lesser known face, Nadda was from the beginning a favourite for the party chief's post. Nadda was anointed...

With only three days to go before his swearingin ceremony, Prime Ministerdesignate Narendra Modi is back in the capital to resume discussions regarding the Cabinet formation. Sources now say that Arun Jaitley is likely to head the Finance Ministry, while party President Rajnath Singh may be given the reigns of...

New Delhi: Journalistpolitician Arun Shourie, who is likely to get an important role in the Narendra Modi government, has said that as of now no one knows who will get which portfolio except the Prime Ministerdesignate.
He also downplayed speculations that he met BJP chief Rajnath Singh in Delhi to discuss...

New Delhi: While deliberations and speculations are both on for the ministers that Narendra Modi would choose for his cabinet, we conducted a poll to gauge the online public opinion on who should be given which ministry. It appears from the poll that not too many are keen on Modi...

New Delhi: Jockeying for key posts in Team Narendra Modi has intensified as the swearingin ceremony will take place on Monday, May 26. Sources have now told CNNIBN that Arun Jaitley and Arun Shourie are the top two contenders for the Finance Ministry.
Arun Jaitley has the upper hand even...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is holding hectic meetings with the RSS leaders and its allies to chalk out the posts in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Several BJP leaders are in Delhi to meet Prime Ministerdesignate Narendra Modi and party chief Rajnath Singh, eyeing berths in the Cabinet.
Senior leaders...

Former National Democratic Alliance minister Arun Shourie has said Muslim fears about BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi are being deliberately stoked by some people. Speaking to CNNIBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Shourie said that secularism has become a word which is being used by parties for political gains.
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New Delhi: Former National Democratic Alliance minister Arun Shourie has said Muslim fears about BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi are being deliberately stoked by some people. Speaking to CNNIBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Shourie said that secularism has become a word which is being used by parties for political...

In a special CNNIBN series on Ideas 2014, Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose speaks to former minister in the Vajpayee government Arun Shourie on the issue of good governance which is the buzz word ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Shourie says, "Good governance means improvement in delivery of services, expeditious...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come under sharp criticism by former NDA minister Arun Shourie for his comments on Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Shourie has accused Singh of destroying the Prime Minister's post. Singh in a press conference recently had said that Modi as...

Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been a person who has squandered his own reputation. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Shourie said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has the best poll agent in Prime Minister Manmohan...

New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday welcomed BJP leader Arun Shourie's remarks backing the hike in diesel prices and said his party should listen to his "good advice".
"I hope Arun Shourie is being listened to by BJP. I think he is giving good advice to BJP and BJP...

Union HRD and Telecommunications Minister Kapil on Monday said that the BJP should listen to its leader Arun Shourie, who has come out in support of the recent economic reforms undertaken by the UPA.
"I hope Arun Shourie is being listened to by the BJP. He has given good advice to...

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie has supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision of the diesel price hike and stays neutral on FDI in aviation and retail. Speaking to IBN18 EditorinChief Rajdeep Sardesai, Shourie also said that Prime Minister should go ahead with more reforms and take decision without waiting...

Bhopal: Even as the BJP has strongly opposed the Centre's decision to hike diesel prices and allow FDI in retail, senior party leader and former Union Minister Arun Shourie justified the move saying it was the need of the hour.
"Increasing diesel prices was the need of the hour," Shourie,...

New Delhi: It was another day of war of words between the UPA government and the main Opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the BJP hit out at the government over its zeroloss theory, the UPA question why the Opposition was not raising the issues inside Parliament.
This even...

Chennai: Former telecom minister Arun Shourie on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be allowed to make a statement on coal blocks allocation controversy in the wake of CAG's findings, saying the Opposition gained nothing by stalling Parliament over the issue.
"...Prime Minister was the Ministerincharge (handling Coal Ministry). He...

New Delhi: After nearly 19 months of its preliminary enquiry into telecom spectrum allocation during 200107, the CBI has closed the probe pertaining to the period when Arun Shourie was the telecom minister.
CBI sources said the documents related to tenure of Shourie and his examination during the probe have not...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday decided to investigate about discrepancies in 2G spectrum allocation during the Bharatiya Janata Partyled National Democratic Alliance government. Additional allocation of the 2G spectrum during the late BJP leader and the then telecom minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure will be investigated...

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday submitted its report on former telecom ministers Arun Shourie and Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum scam.
Sources have told CNNIBN that no evidence has been found against Arun Shourie and a probe is still on against the deceased NDA telecom minister Pramod Mahajan.
Sources...